In response to the earnings news, Google stock was trading at $702.87 as of this writing, down less than 1 percent for the day and up around 8 percent over the past quarter.
All of a sudden, Google's expensive Motorola purchase is beginning to make sense.
Google's quest to rid itself of Motorola's set-top box business is at an end.
We're not sure what to expect from this event, but it could be the long-rumored Droid Razr HD.
Several months after completing its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google is finally beginning to shape the mobile company for its own purposes by cutting the fat.
Google is reportedly ready to sell of Motorola Mobility's Home & Cable division for an estimated price of $2 billion.
Microsoft is tired of Google’s campaign to paint it as a patent troll, and it has come up with some fairly simple suggestions to stop the bad blood: quit the negative publicity, and agree to our terms (or else).
In …
After putting the end to Apple’s epic court case against Motorola Mobility, renowned federal appeals court judge Richard Posner is now wondering whether patents for software (and some other industries) should even exist.
In an interview with Reuters, Posner said …
Judge Richard Posner threw out a heated case between Apple and Google-owned Motorola Mobility yesterday, ending an infringement squabble between two companies in deep competition.
“Neither party is entitled to an injunction,” said Judge Posner in his Opinion and Order. …
Usually, patent disputes are courtly affairs, decided before a judge and making most readers nod off and turn to the latest Lindsay Lohan news. Thank goodness for companies such as Motorola Mobility and Microsoft, who are having a very public …
Google Vice President David Lawee said today that two-thirds of Google’s acquisitions over the years have been successful, an important statement following the close of its $12.5 billion Motorola buy this week.
Lawee was being interviewed on stage by CrunchFund …
Google has finally closed its much-talked-about $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google CEO Larry Page announced today on the company’s blog.
“Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile revolution, with a track record of …
Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility will finally close this week and some of Moto’s staff could be axed in the process, according to a TechCrunch report.
Chinese antitrust authorities approved the $12.5 billion deal Saturday, clearing the final hurdle for …
Motorola Mobility, say hello to the Windy City.
Google could be taking its ongoing acquisition to Chicago, if a report by Chicago Business is true. According to sources, Google has been looking into a few separate locations, the sizes of …
Microsoft and Motorola Mobility are locked in a bitter patent suit regarding the use of H.264 video compression and encoding. The ongoing legal battle lead to German courts issuing an injunction that could halt the sales and distribution of the Xbox 360, Windows 7 software, and even Internet Explorer in the country.
Motorola Mobility posted another not-so-hot earnings report for the first quarter today, with a net loss of $86 million on revenues of $3.1 billion. Considering Motorola lost $80 million in the fourth quarter last year, the company clearly needs to …
You’d think that by now, Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility (its largest acquisition ever) would be shaping into some sort of brilliant strategy. But you’d be wrong.
We’ve heard little about Google’s plans since it announced the acquisition …
The European Union’s antitrust Commission has opened up two new investigations that will explore whether Motorola Mobility is unfairly licensing some of its patents, the organization announced today.
The investigations follow complaints from two of the biggest technology companies in …
DVR service and set-top box company TiVo has filed a lawsuit today against Motorola Mobility and Time Warner Cable, according to SEC documents.
In the suit, TiVo claims that the two companies are infringing on three of its patents, including …
Apple was denied permission to compel Google to deliver files about its Android operating system or acquisition of mobile hardware maker Motorola Mobility today after a judge decided Apple was being to broad in its request.
“The motion is vague …
